Nafissatou Thiam prize money
Nafissatou Thiam has been paid $29,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 478th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's high jump and women's long jump, one of them a win.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | High jump | 9th | — |
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | High jump | 13th | — |
| Athletissima 2023 | High jump | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | High jump | 7th | $750 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | High jump | 6th | $1,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | High jump | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All nine | two disciplines | — | $29,250 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,250 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Nafissatou Thiam did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's heptathlon | — | DNS | — |
Nafissatou Thiam stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Nafissatou Thiam won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's heptathlon | Gold | $50,000 |
Nafissatou Thiam was paid $50,000 for the women's heptathlon in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Nafissatou Thiam
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's high jump | 8 | — | 2018 to 2026 | $19,250 |
| Women's long jump | 1 | 1 | 2019 | $10,000 |
The women's high jump has paid Nafissatou Thiam $19,250 of the $29,250, which is 66% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $6,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $20,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | — | Allianz Memorial Van Damme | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $750 |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Athletissima | $500 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | — |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Athletissima | — |
| 2026 | 1 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $1,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nafissatou Thiam in 2020, 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,250.
Around Nafissatou Thiam on the money list
Ranks 458 to 498
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 458 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | — | $30,000 |
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
| 460 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | — | $30,000 |
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
| 473 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $29,500 |
| 474 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | — | $29,500 |
| 475 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 1 | $29,500 |
| 476 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 477 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $29,250 |
| 478 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 479 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 480 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 1 | $29,000 |
| 481 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 482 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | — | $28,750 |
| 483 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $28,750 |
| 484 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | — | $28,750 |
| 485 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | — | $28,500 |
| 486 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 487 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 488 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 489 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | — | $28,250 |
| 490 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 491 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 492 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | — | $28,000 |
| 493 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $27,750 |
| 494 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | two disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 495 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | — | $27,500 |
| 496 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | — | $27,500 |
| 497 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | — | $27,500 |
| 498 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nafissatou Thiam is 478th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $29,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nafissatou Thiam most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ivana Vuleta, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Abigail Irozuru, Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, Yelena Sokolova and Lorraine Ugen.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kamila Lićwinko, Mirela Demireva, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Nicola McDermott, Erika Kinsey and Ana Šimić.
Meeting de Paris 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yuliya Levchenko, Mirela Demireva, Elena Vallortigara, Kateryna Tabashnyk, Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch and Erika Kinsey.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nafissatou Thiam won?
$29,250, which ranks 478th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Nafissatou Thiam's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2019 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Nafissatou Thiam gets paid?
Entirely by where she finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a win is worth the same in the women's high jump as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
How many Diamond League meetings has Nafissatou Thiam won?
One of nine, worth $10,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $11,000.
Has Nafissatou Thiam ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. She are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Nafissatou Thiam earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The Olympic money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Nafissatou Thiam is Daniel Arce on $29,250, and one below Cierra Jackson on $29,000. Nafissatou Thiam is one of 43 Belgium athletes athletics has paid, and Belgium athletics prize money adds them up to $539,875 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's high jump prize money and women's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Nafissatou Thiam has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's heptathlon page.